Medusa II Box is a professional phone servicing tool that lets you work with a wide range of Samsung, Huawei, LG, Motorola, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Vodafone, ZTE, and other mobile devices through JTAG, USB, and MMC interfaces.

The main intended purpose of Medusa II Box is to repair dead boots of the devices (mobile phones, PDAs, modems, etc.) or these devices recovery, until they become fully operational. Medusa II Box software is a Windows application for Medusa II Box, that provides a convenient interface for end users.

Comparison Table

Hardware Medusa Pro II Medusa Pro Medusa II
USB 3.0 high-speed hardware
+
compatible with USB 2.0
USB 2.0 full-speed
USB 2.0 full-speed
Support of UFS
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-
-
Support NAND
ONFI, 32-bit / 64-bit PPN
-
-
Transfer speed via UFS interface
Reading - 100 MB/s
Writing - 55 MB/s
-
-
In-System Programing (ISP) of UFS
+
-
-
1-bit, 4-bit, and 8-bit MMC bus modes supported
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1-bit and 4-bit modes
1-bit and 4-bit modes
Transfer speed via MMC interface with 8/4/1-bit bus
40/21/5.5 MB/s
- /7.6/2.6 MB/s
- /7.6/2.6 MB/s
JTAG support for ARMv5, ARMv6, ARMv7
-
+
+
Up to 24MHz JTAG speed
-
+
+
Transfer speed via JTAG interface
-
1 MB/s
300 kb/s
USB CCID Smart Card Reader
+
Embedded
+
Standard 20-pin interface
-
+
+
Software Medusa Pro II Medusa Pro Medusa II
Partition Manager
+
+
+
SRF Constructor
+
+
+
Content Extractor
+
+
+
JTAG PIN Finder
-
+
-

Features

Hardware Features

  1. Fast USB 2.0 high-speed hardware
  2. JTAG support for ARMv5, ARMv6, ARMv7
  3. Up to 24MHz JTAG speed
  4. Transfer speed via JTAG interface up to 300 kb/s
  5. eMMC support up to MMC 5.1 standard
  6. 1-bit and 4-bit MMC bus modes are supported
  7. Standard 20-pin JTAG interface
  8. Built-in USB CCID smart card reader
  9. Built-in RJ45 Multiport, Unibox capable

Software Features

  1. Full-featured professional-grade Medusa PRO software
    Software fully supports all operations (Read, Write and Edit) with any required memory sections through JTAG, USB and MMC interfaces.
  2. Easy and smart Graphical User Interface (GUI), suitable for beginners and for experts
  3. Fast repair of target device with Smart-Repair-Files (SRF)
  4. SRF contains partition data and other necessary data (help files and diagrams)
  5. Data in SRF is compressed (less to download, quicker to work)
  6. Built-in Partition Manager
    Now you can edit and save required for your work partitions, this leads to convenient and easy way to service devices. In addition, with Partition Manager you may open Full Flash file in binary format, edit it and write it back to the device.
  7. Simple per-partition operations (Read, Write, Erase, Edit) of the target storage device
  8. Built-in Smart-Repair-File Constructor with Partition Manager for creating custom SRFs
    SRF file could be taken from the device or read out from Full Flash file in binary format. This feature allows the user (without developer’s assistance) add devices to the list of supported models, which are not officially supported yet. User will be allowed to upload that custom SRF file into separate section of Support Zone for further analysis by developers. If custom SRF file would be recognized as a legitimate and correct, name (or nickname) of the author will be presented in the following update. Thus, user has been given the opportunity to participate in the development of Medusa PRO and became known in certain circles.
  9. Built-in Download manager
    Allows you to download files directly from the software.
  10. NAND, OneNAND, NOR and eMMC storage devices are supported via JTAG interface
  11. NAND, OneNAND and eMMC storage devices are supported via USB interface
  12. eMMC storage devices are supported via MMC interface
  13. Up to 300 kb/s transfer speed via JTAG interface *
  14. Up to 7.6 MB/s transfer speed via MMC interface with 4-bit bus *
  15. Up to 2.6 MB/s transfer speed via MMC interface with 1-bit bus *
  16. Windows 10 compatible software

* All measurements were done on ASUS M5A97 R2 motherboard with AMD FX-8370 CPU and with Medusa II Box connected to USB 3.0 port, located directly on motherboard.

Supported CPUs

Supported eMMC types

Supported Flash Vendors

Supported Flash Devices

Supported OS

Medusa II Box Full Set - Package Contents

  1. Medusa II Box – 1 pc.
  2. Smart Card Reader with an Activated Smart Card - 1 pc.
  3. Medusa II JIG Adapter - 1 pc.
  4. Copper wire 0.1 mm - 1 pc.
  5. USB A-B Cable - 1 pc.

Due to the onrush of technology and efforts to meet every customer's demands, the supplier retains the right to change some positions in the list of cables and accessories coming together with the product. Therefore, the package content presented above is rather tentative. More details on the matter can be obtained from our sales managers.

* Developer provides support only for those phones which are on the list of supported. Not all servicing features can be applied to some supported models, due to difference of hardware / software versions.